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Using DAB equipment and expertise from Australia and Europe where digital radio is on air, the three-day Workshop in Bangkok from 1 to 3 March 2013, will include a live field test demonstration in and around Bangkok.

Czech Radiokomunikace launched a pilot radio broadcast project with the Frekvence 1 and Radio Impuls channels following a one-month technology trial.

Dutch radio stations 538, Q Music, Sky Radio, SLAM! FM, Radio Veronica, 100% NL, Sublime FM and BNR News Radio have signed a contract with Broadcast Partners to go forward in the DAB+ digital format. The public broadcasters are also moving towards digital radio. Broadcasting is expected to begin in September. A new (car) signal will be necessary in order to receive the signal.

DAB+ digital radio will be broadcasting live for the first time in Bangkok tomorrow as part of a three-day technology Workshop and demonstration jointly organised by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand, and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Natee Sukonrat, vice chairman of the NBTC and chairman of the broadcasting committee, said that this year the committee would test-launch digital radio once every six months. Next year it might allocate an unused VHF spectrum for digital radio.

To celebrate, we are giving you the chance to win one of five ‘MessageR’ compact DAB digital radios worth £100 courtesy of Roberts Radios.

CBAA President Adrian Basso, and a range of other Melbourne stations managers were featured on ABC TV's Melbourne 7.30 Report discussing the funding shortfall for digital radio and the community broadcasting sector's campaign for more funding.

But community radio has a digital problem. As Australia's radio waves slowly digitise, the importance of analogue systems is slowly declining.

Thailand will likely use Australia's digital radio system as a model to migrate from analogue, says the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

Fashion and homewares designer Orla Kiely has created a third digital and FM radio for Pure. The Evoke Mio - Striped Petal Edition comes in a buttercup pattern, and is finished with a mirror-chrome handle, walnut-veneered cabinet and a cream fascia.